Parks and Recreation Department Priorities and Principles
Priorities
We prioritize our services as follows:
- Land
- Physical Assets
- Programs
Guiding Principles
- We respond to community wants and needs
- We provide services to all members of society
- We work with community groups and individuals to establish and
accomplish common goals
- We protect our resources
- We are recognized by the community as knowledgeable, productive,
courteous and responsive
- We are the leaders in leisure services
- We are a supportive team
- We strive towards the highest quality
- We place the goals of the department above our personal desires
- We establish high standards
- We practice good financial management
- We are fiscally responsible
- We follow adopted city policies and procedures
Golden Box Award
Golden Box Award recipients are Parks Department staff who have
demonstrated excellent customer service both to their fellow employees and
to the public. Each recipient is selected by the previous recipient at
quarterly staff meetings.